The Only Gaijin in the Village: A Year Living in Rural Japan

by Iain Maloney

Book Overview

In 2016, in search of a simpler life, Scottish writer lain Maloney and his Japanese wife moved to a village in deepest rural Japan. Life in the countryside is a continuous cuture shock as Iain's attempts at amateur farming, basic gardening and DIY are conducted under the watchful eye of elderly neighbours - and his sceptical wife. Venomous snakes, rampaging wild boar, terrifying centipedes and bees the size of small birds stalk the land, and lain...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780277393
• ISBN13: 9781780277394
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Polygon
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.7"